Where does “biro” come from?

biro (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish piru, from Finnish perkele, from Proto-Finnic perkeleh — evil spirit?.

biro (Northern Sami): devil

Definitions

  1. devil

Ancestry of “biro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiruthe Devil; a devil; An intensifier; used in...
2FinnishperkeleThe Devil, Satan; also Perkele; devil; A swear...
3Proto-Finnicperkelehevil spirit?
Every word from Proto-Finnic perkeleh →Every word from Finnish perkele →Every word from Finnish piru →